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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 12412
27 Oct 2026, 23:40 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionPTAFR in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered71ace1b5ddfea4a2
discovery-0.11 p=0.787 n=9
replication-0.37 p=0.323 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.11, p 0.787)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 12412: PTAFR in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.34 (p 0.170, n 18), 95% CI -0.70 to +0.15. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.36 (p 0.137, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.50 (p 0.035, n 18). not the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.50 to -0.26, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.34 (p 0.170, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for PTAFR in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.